The challenge If there’s one goal all healthcare providers have in common, it is to reduce costs. At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, lowering costs to pro- vide better value to patients and families is a high priority. To achieve this goal, Cincinnati Children’s administrators continually look for ways to cut costs and manage cash flow, which are challenges for every healthcare provider in the evolving reimbursement environment. “If there’s one goal all healthcare providers have in common, it is to reduce costs.” “It takes money to fulfill our mission,” said Charlie Baverman, assistant vice president of billing operations for Cincinnati Children’s. “My job is to turn clinical activity into cash flow in a compliant way so we can continue to improve child health,

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